Cabinet for packing china and glassware



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INVENTOR. BEUEE'E B1 5:1(EIEHT ATTORNEY.

Patented July 5, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CABINET FOR PACKING CHINA AND GLASSWARE Application filed May 27, 1931.

This invention relates to improvements in shipping devices and has particular reference to a cabinet for packing and shipping breakable articles such as china, glassware, crockery and the like.

The principal object of this invention is to produce a cabinet wherein the articles may be readily placed in individual compartments properly lined so as to prevent breakage and to thus eliminate the use of excelsior and other packings ordinarily employed.

A further object is to produce a means whereby a more rapid packing and unpacking of the articles may be realized.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the drawers,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a drawer having rods positioned therein,

Figure 4 is a plan view of one of the pads adapted to be slid upon the rods of Fig. 3, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail cross-section of one of the drawers with pads in operative position.

In the packing of dishes, crockery, china and the like, it has been common practise to employ excelsior, paper and other packing material, which is wedged in about the dishes so as to prevent them from coming into contact with each other or with the container during the transportation of the container. This is an expensive procedure in that it is a slow and tedious process to pack a quantity of dishes, and is also a hazardous method for the reason that this packing material is generally very inflammable and further, the act of unpacking causes a considerable amount of dirt which must be cleaned up in order to present a sightly ob.

Applicant has provided a system of packing, wherein a box like structure 5 is em- Serial No. 540,430.

ployed, having a hinged cover 6. Within this box like structure may be placed a plurality of drawers of any convenient shape, which drawers are preferably lined with a resilient material 7, (see Fig. 5). By providing drawers as shown in Fig. 2 having a plurality of compartments of various sizes and shapes, it is possible to store such articles as cups, glasses and other bulky pieces. By providing a drawer as shown in Fig. 3 and inserting rods 7 therein, it is possible to hang upon these rods pads 8 between which dishes 9 may be placed as shown in Fig. 5. When the drawers are filled they may be placed in the compartment 5 and the whole cabinet transported without danger of the dishes being broken.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invent-ion or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a device of the character described, a box like structure having a plurality of drawers positioned therein, said drawers being lined with a resilient material, certain of said drawers having rods positioned therein and pads slidable on said rods.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature.

GEORGE B. ECKRIGHT. 

